60-second Science
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Synopsis
Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of science. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American . To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast
Episodes
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Most Tibetans Genetically Adapted to the High Life
02/09/2014 Duration: 01minNinety percent of Tibetans share a genetic mutation that prevents their blood from becoming dangerously clogged with red blood cells at high altitudes—a response that can be deadly for non-native mountaineers. Karen Hopkin reports.
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Narcissists Self-Involved Enough to Recognize Their Narcissism
01/09/2014 Duration: 01minThe simple question “To what extent do you agree with this statement: I am a narcissist” is about as good at identifying narcissists as a 40-question clinical assessment. Erika Beras reports
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How Asteroid 1950 DA Keeps It Together
29/08/2014 Duration: 01minThe kilometer-size rubble pile appears to be held together by van der Waals forces. Karen Hopkin reports
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Stressed Women Burn Fewer Comfort Food Calories
27/08/2014 Duration: 01minWomen who reported feeling stressed or depressed burned fewer calories after a calorie-packed meal than mellow women. Erika Beras reports.
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Finally, an Algorithm to Sort Your Beatles Albums
22/08/2014 Duration: 01minBy analyzing the evolving structure of the Beatles’ music, the computer program was able to correctly place the Fab Four’s albums in chronological order. Karen Hopkin reports
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Bio-Battery Produces Power from Your Perspiration
20/08/2014 Duration: 01minExercising in the future could make dirty clothes and some clean energy. Karen Hopkin reports
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Lose Your Job? Good for the Rest of Us
19/08/2014 Duration: 01minRecession lowers mortality in the population overall—even as the out-of-work individual’s risk of death rises. Karen Hopkin reports
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Nose Knows What the Mind Tells It
18/08/2014 Duration: 01minWhen people with asthma think they’re smelling something noxious, their airways become inflamed—even when the odor is harmless. Karen Hopkin reports
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Tiny Toe Tools Ensure Gecko Traction
15/08/2014 Duration: 01minTo activate or loosen their grip on a surface, geckos extend and angle or retract tiny toe hairs that create contact points. Clara Moskowitz reports
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Guys Prefer Electric Shocks to Boredom
13/08/2014 Duration: 01minGuys would rather zap themselves with electricity than be left alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. Karen Hopkin reports
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Google Searches Linked to Stock Market Moves
12/08/2014 Duration: 01minWhen Web searches related to business and politics go up, the market tends to take a dive—although that connection may already be fading. Christopher Intagliata reports
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Andromeda Snickers at Milky Way Mass
06/08/2014 Duration: 01minA new estimate finds that the Milky Way, once thought to be twice as massive as Andromeda, may actually only have half our neighbor galaxy's mass. Christopher Intagliata reports
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Spider's Scat Disguise May Be Its Salvation
05/08/2014 Duration: 01minMasquerading as a bird turd appears to protect certain arachnids from getting eaten by wasps. Karen Hopkin reports
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System Converts Solar Efficiently to Steam
04/08/2014 Duration: 01minA graphite disk resting on carbon foam collects sunlight to heat water directly to steam with 85 percent efficiency. Cynthia Graber reports
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Environment Has Beef with Beef
01/08/2014 Duration: 01minRaising beef uses 28 times more land, 11 times more water and six times more fertilizer than the average expenditures for other livestock. Cynthia Graber reports
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Pack Rats Expand Diet with New Gut Bacteria
31/07/2014 Duration: 01minPack rats given the right gut bacteria via a fecal transplant from other pack rats can then digest foods that they formerly could not, but the donors could. Karen Hopkin reports
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Colorful Birds Can Also Belt Tunes
30/07/2014 Duration: 01minA survey of the tanagers reveals that birds do not have to choose between colorful plumage and a melodious song. Karen Hopkin reports
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Roach Reactions to Venom Point to Targeted Pesticides
29/07/2014 Duration: 01minSmall changes in the protein sequence of sodium channels of American compared with German cockroaches leave the latter susceptible to a venom that has little effect on the former. Cynthia Graber reports
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Salmonella's Favorite Food Could Be Its Achilles' Heel
23/07/2014 Duration: 01minSalmonella's primary fuel source is the molecule fructose-asparagine. Starving it of that fuel in an infected person could kill it without harming beneficial gut bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports
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Give Us This Day the Bread Wheat Genome
17/07/2014 Duration: 01minA preliminary map of the bread wheat genome includes the locations of more than 75,000 genes. Cynthia Graber reports